Mechanical Energy Dissipation and Performance in Alpine Ski Racing: 1247

Six members of the Norwegian men’s national team wereanalyzed while skiing through 2 turns of a rhythmicalslalom course during a race simulation on even, medium(19°) terrain with hard, compact snow conditions. Skier3–D positions were determined using a DLT-based methodwith 4 panning cameras (50 Hz) and calibration controlpoints distributed near the course [3] (Figure 2). Skierkinetic and potential energy were determined knowing thecenter of mass speed and altitude.